This is a pass for Edward E. O'Connor, Jr., who served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. The card was issued at the gunnery school at Tyndall Field in Panama City, Florida, on August 24, 1944. The front of the card...

Cover of photograph album compiled by Loraine O'Connor while her husband, Edward, was serving in the Army Air Forces during World War II. Edward E. O'Connor Jr. was born on Jan. 14, 1915 in Nashville to Edward Earl O'Connor and his wife, Kate. He...

A photograph of two pilots, Richard "Bulgey" Dotterer (left) and Clarence E. Louden, during World War II. This photograph was later used in a tape for national broadcast that set out to show the everyday life of men serving in the war. Dotterer...

Photograph of soldiers in uniform, most with their backs towards the camera, gathered around a kneeling camel. One soldier appears to be mounting or dismounting the camel, assisted by a man in a turban. Morris Levine is at far right. Morris Levine...

Photograph of unidentified African-American military band during World War II, probably taken at or near Karachi Air Base in India (now in Pakistan). Photograph probably taken by Morris Levine. Morris Levine was born on Dec. 8, 1917 in Nashville,...

Edward E. O'Connor Jr. was born on Jan. 14, 1915 in Nashville to Edward Earl O'Connor and his wife, Kate. He attended Jere Baxter and Isaac Litton schools in Nashville, and married Loraine Erwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin P. Erwin of Santa...

Photograph of a group of Joe Thompson's buddies, relaxing on base before they were sent further down the coast of England in preparation for what turned out to be the battle of Normandy. Forms part of the Veterans History Project collection. 1...

Photograph of a snow scene at a German airstrip near Gosselies, Belgium, that had been taken over by Americans during the Second World War. American GI's lived in the tent on the right with only a heater stove to keep warm. The camouflage nets...

Photograph of soldiers in uniform, reading from the Torah at a Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) service in Karachi, India during World War II. In 1943 (Hebrew year 5704), the holiday began at sundown on Wednesday, September 29 and continued through...

Street scene in Dreiborn, Germany, 1944. Shows battle-scarred buildings, muddy street, many communications wires, and an American jeep and an MP at an intersection. A church steeple, shrouded in mist, was occupied by a German sniper who killed an...

A photograph of Tuck Hinton Architects office building located at the corner of Elm Street and Fifth Avenue South. Built in 1860, this two-story brick structure in Rutledge Hill was known as Elm Street Methodist Church for over one hundred years. ...

Nashville Mayor Beverly Briley presenting the Armed Forces Day Proclamation to the military officials on May 11th, 1965. The first Armed Forces Day was celebrated nationally on May 20, 1950 and the tradition continues on the third Saturday of May...

An excerpt from an oral history interview with Nashville lawyer and judge Alfred Thompson Adams, conducted on 16 September 1980 by Leanne Thornton as part of the Historic Nashville, Inc. Oral History Project. Adams, who served Nashville as...

A scene from the school for training county registrars for the selective service registration and draft boards that Governor Prentice Cooper coordinated in October 1940 at the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee. William Prentice...

Picture: Governor Prentice Cooper (standing) speaking at the school for training county registrars for the selective service registration and draft boards that Governor Prentice Cooper coordinated in October 1940 at the Tennessee State Capitol in...

Picture: Governor Prentice Cooper (standing) speaking at the school for training county registrars for the selective service registration and draft boards that Governor Prentice Cooper coordinated in October 1940 at the Tennessee State Capitol in...

A scene from the school for training county registrars for the selective service registration and draft boards that Governor Prentice Cooper coordinated in October 1940 at the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee. William Prentice...

A scene from the school for training county registrars for the selective service registration and draft boards that Governor Prentice Cooper coordinated in October 1940 at the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee. William Prentice...

A scene from the school for training county registrars for the selective service registration and draft boards that Governor Prentice Cooper coordinated in October 1940 at the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee. William Prentice...

A scene from the school for training county registrars for the selective service registration and draft boards that Governor Prentice Cooper coordinated in October 1940 at the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville, Tennessee. William Prentice...